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From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2015-01-14:

"No theoretical checks--no form of government can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. If there be sufficient virtue and intelligence in the community, it will be exercised in the selection of these men. So that we do not depend on their virtue, or put confidence in our rulers, but in the people who are to choose them." -- James Madison, Virginia Ratifying Convention (20 June 1788).

(submitted to the mailing list by Mike Krawchuk)

[ James Madison (b. 1751-03-16, d. 1836-06-28, 4th President of the US 1809-1817)]